Nurse Residency Program – Bedayati (Qatar Graduates Only)

Role Overview

Nurse Residency Program – Bedayati (Qatar Graduates Only) at Sidra Medicine, located in Qatar. This is an entry-level clinical nursing position for newly graduated registered nurses from Qatar University.

Company Overview

Sidra Medicine is a high-tech specialist healthcare facility representing the vision of H.H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation. The organization provides comprehensive specialist healthcare services for children and young people, and exceptional maternity, gynecology, and reproductive medical services for women. Sidra Medicine is an exciting and dynamic medical, education, and research facility offering opportunities for professionals to build rewarding careers with great benefits and the satisfaction of caring for those in need in the community.

Role Purpose

The Clinical Nurse is responsible for competently providing safe and effective direct care. The Clinical Nurse assesses care needs, plans, implements, and evaluates programs of care to include patients and families, ensures all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard aligned to Sidra Standards of Practice, participates in supervision and orientation of staff, and is responsible for education of patients, families, and students.

Key Responsibilities

Professionalism and Ethical Practice

• Practice within the DHP Scope of Practice according to licensure within the State of Qatar.
• Assume responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care and discharge planning for each patient.
• Ensure timely documentation of care, discharge planning, and family education aligned to Sidra standards of documentation.
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills by problem solving appropriately during patient care.
• Independently initiate escalation of issues following the chain of command, utilizing resources as needed.
• Independently maintain licensure and regulatory requirements, including life support certifications and CPD requirements.
• Meet requirements of organizational, professional, and departmental or role-specific orientation competencies.
• Model appearance and behaviors that promote a positive image of nursing.
• Adhere to time and attendance requirements.
• Participate in new staff and student orientation, assist in maintaining a suitable learning environment, and act as a preceptor or mentor in the supervision and teaching of new staff and students.
• Actively participate in and contribute to the Shared Leadership structure to promote and embed Shared Leadership.
• Assume responsibility for own professional development through lifelong learning to ensure continued competence and performance improvement.
• Adhere to Sidra's Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies.
• Adhere to and promote Sidra's Values.

Patient and Family Centered Care

• Provide holistic, patient, and family-centered care based on evidence and best practice.
• Anticipate and respond to patient and family care requirements.
• Evaluate learning needs of patients and families and provide patient and family education.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times.

Teamwork and Collaboration

• Treat colleagues, patients, and visitors with dignity and respect at all times.
• Promote and maintain effective communication and teamwork.
• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior.
• Contribute to a positive work environment.

Evidence Based Practice

• Adhere to Sidra's Nursing and Midwifery Standards of Practice.
• Ensure care is based on best evidence.
• Incorporate credible critically appraised evidence into nursing practice and when initiating change.

Quality Improvement

• Identify ways to improve services through quality improvement initiatives.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and measure outcomes.
• Contribute to effective use of resources and identify opportunities for efficiency.

Safety

• Acknowledge own limitations in knowledge, judgment, and skills, and function within those limitations.
• Seek resolution in knowledge and competency gaps to ensure patient safety is maintained at all times.
• Demonstrate consistent and reliable use of technology and standardized practices that support safety and quality.
• Communicate observations or concerns related to hazards and errors to patients, families, and the healthcare team.
• Use organizational error reporting systems for near miss and event reporting.
• Demonstrate effective use of strategies to reduce risk of harm to self or others.
• Assume responsibility and accountability for own clinical decisions, delegation, and provision of supervision to team members according to their competence and scope of practice.

Informatics

• Document care, interventions, and outcomes accurately, concisely, and appropriately in a timely manner.
• Practice contemporaneous documentation, ensuring entries into the medical record are recorded and signed in real time.
• Utilize data from the patient record to make decisions and respond appropriately to clinical decision-making supports and alerts.
• Protect confidentiality of protected health information in electronic health records.
• Follow all hospital-related policies and procedures.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (4 years) from a Qatar University registered nursing program.

Experience

• Program is open to Qatar University nursing graduates from any year, provided applicants have not had 12 months of experience working in any professional setting as a registered nurse.
• Applicants must not exceed 12 months of experience working as a registered nurse at the time of acceptance to the program.

Skills & Competencies

• Effective communication skills.
• Excellent team player.
• Motivated and enthusiastic.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Additional Information

• Clinical roles are performed in an acute care hospital setting.
• Physical effort required may include walking more than is typical due to distances between hospital units.
• Physical risks are normally associated with an acute care clinical environment.
• This is a patient-facing clinical position.
• In view of evolving needs and opportunities within Sidra, the position may be required to perform other duties as assigned and reporting relationships may vary.
• The Clinical Nurse is professionally accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer.